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Mosaik Solutions helps GigaOM gain a bird's eye view

July 16th, 2013

A bird’s eye view of the AT&T-Leap Wireless merger

by Kevin Fitchard

I’ve already taken one crack at explaining why AT&T would want to buy regional carrier Leap Wireless. This deal is clearly about spectrum. AT&T wasn’t able to get it by purchasing T-Mobile so it’s hoping to pick up airwaves on a more piecemeal basis by acquiring smaller operators. But how much spectrum will AT&T get and is it worth the extremely high premium AT&T is offering?

Explaining these things is always easier when you can paint a picture. Luckily, the good people at Mosaik Solutions, a company that catalogs mobile coverage worldwide, have generated some detailed maps showing the spectrum positions of both operators as well as what the two operators would look like once combined. More>